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Director, Indirect Procurement
- Deer Park, Illinois, United States of America
- Richmond, Illinois, United States of America
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Leica Biosystems’ mission of “Advancing Cancer Diagnostics, Improving Lives” is at the heart of our corporate culture. We’re a global leader in cancer diagnostics with the most comprehensive portfolio from biopsy to diagnosis. Our easy-to-use and consistently reliable offerings help improve workflow efficiency and diagnostic confidence. Our associates know that every moment matters when it comes to cancer diagnostics. When you come to work, you’re helping develop solutions that enable accurate diagnoses to turn anxiety into answers. Join our diverse, global team of talented people, and be inspired to grow every day.
Leica Biosystems is proud to work alongside a community of six fellow Diagnostics Companies at Danaher. Together, we’re working at the pace of change to improve patient lives with diagnostic tools that address the world’s biggest health challenges.
Position Summary: The Director, Indirect Procurement for Leica Biosystems is responsible for developing and implementing cost-reducing strategies, ensuring compliance with procurement policies, managing supplier relationships, negotiating contracts, and overseeing procurement activities. This role also monitors market trends, identifies critical materials and services, and supports internal stakeholders in their procurement needs.
This position is part of the Global Sourcing team located in either Richmond, Illinois or Deer Park, Illinois and will be onsite. At Leica Biosystems, our vision is to advance cancer diagnostics and improve lives.
You will be a part of the Global Sourcing organization and report to the Director, Global Sourcing, responsible for implementing innovative strategies and processes to reduce costs, improve quality, and ensure the continuity of supply for goods and services. If you thrive in a global role and want to work to build a world-class Indirect Procurement organization — read on.
In this role, you will have the opportunity to:
Provide leadership and direction for the Indirect Procurement team related to all aspects of procurement and develop key strategies to support future business success, , actively participating in decision-making, negotiations, and implementations.
Support and guide a team of procurement professionals and People Leaders in executing procurement processes, monitoring supply markets, and identifying critical materials and services to support company strategies.
Develop and implement indirect cost-saving strategies to achieve cost savings objectives through creative procurement strategies, vendor selection, and favorable contract agreements, ensuring compliance with procurement policies, and managing sourcing processes.
Persuade managers and leaders to take action at all levels of the organization cross-functionally, including building and maintaining strong strategic relationships, gaining buy in from key stakeholders, and negotiating with internal and external partners/vendors/customers.
Collaborate with the legal team to lead complex contract negotiations and ensure compliance.
Oversee sustainable and measurable corporate purchasing programs and monitoring adherence to budgets.
Set departmental priorities and allocates resources to align with business objectives and annual plan
The essential requirements of the job include:
Bachelor’s degree in relevant areas such as supply chain, business management, operations, or finance; MBA or other relevant degree/certification (e.g., CSCMP SCPro or ISM CPSM) highly desirable
Minimum of seven years of relevant experience (e.g., sourcing, buying, or procurement)
Proven experience managing remote teams, global exp preferred.
Strong communication, financial acumen, and interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional individuals and teams at all levels of the organization to create buy in from relevant stakeholders and influence key decisions
Strong negotiations, analytical, problem solving, organization, and project management skills, including the ability to collect, analyze, and integrate information by leveraging appropriate productivity tools
Experience in contract management and compliance
Proven ability to lead others to solve complex problems which bridge multiple products/projects or departments
Travel, Motor Vehicle Record & Physical/Environment Requirements:
Ability to travel - must be able to travel up to 25% of the time, domestic and international. Overnight travel will be required.
Must have a valid driver’s license with an acceptable driving record.
Ability to lift, move or carry equipment up to 20 lbs.
It would be a plus if you also possess previous experience in:
Knowledge of lean tools such as 5S, Standard Work, KANBAN, Policy Deployment, Value Stream Management, Visual Management, SAP etc.
Demonstrated ability to lead, develop, communicate and implement a strategy to ensure compliance to company, regulatory and industry requirements
Supply chain or operations experience in Biotech, Pharmaceutical, Medical Devices or Healthcare industries
This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by this employee. The incumbent is expected to perform other duties necessary for the effective operation of the department or unit. This job description may be changed at any time.
The salary range for this role is 160,000 to 175,000. This is the range that we in good faith believe is the range of possible compensation for this role at the time of this posting. This range may be modified in the future.
This job is also eligible for bonus/incentive pay.
We offer comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off, medical/dental/vision insurance and 401(k) to eligible employees.
Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company’s sole discretion, consistent with the law.
Join our winning team today. Together, we’ll accelerate the real-life impact of tomorrow’s science and technology. We partner with customers across the globe to help them solve their most complex challenges, architecting solutions that bring the power of science to life.
For more information, visit www.danaher.com.
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